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Abbreviation | WBT |
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Formation | 1997 |
Headquarters | Galgate, Lancaster, United Kingdom |
CEO | Richard Maddieson |
Website | worldbowlstour worldbowlstour |
The World Bowls Tour is an organisation that promotes indoor bowls and organises competitions (primarily in the United Kingdom), including the World Indoor Bowls Championships. [1]
In 1990, the sport was experiencing period of fragmentation following the loss of the television coverage of the World Indoor Bowls Championships. John Hall, the President of the English Bowls Association, unsuccessfully called for closer co-operation between the indoor and outdoor games. [2] In 1992, a player-led organisation formed the Professional Bowls Association, during the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championship, which was held in the Preston Guildhall to promote indoor bowls worldwide and on television.
On 1 January 1997, under the then-chairman Richard Corsie, the PBA created the World Bowls Tour and after the 1997 championship replaced the World Indoor Bowls Council as the leading indoor organisation. [3] The purpose of the World Bowls Tour was to create championships and competitions to further the aims of the PBA. [4]
Position | Name |
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Chairperson | David Bolt |
Tournament Director | Tom Weir |
Assistant Tournament Director & Finance Director | Martin Gale |
Corporate Director | Jason Parkinson |
Current and former indoor bowls competitions organised by the World Bowls Tour. [5]
Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Score | Ref |
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1983 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–4 7–3 7–1 | [6] |
1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–4 (sets) | |
1985 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7 4–7 7–0 7–3 7–3 7–6 7–4 | |
1986 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–3 7–2 7–0 7–1 2–7 3–7 4–7 4–7 7–0 | [7] |
1987 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6 1–7 2–7 7–3 7–0 4–7 7–4 5–7 7–5 | [8] |
1988 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–7 7–5 7–5 7–6 7–6 3–7 6–7 7–0 | [9] |
1989 | ![]() | ![]() | 1–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 7–3 | [10] |
1991 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–7 4–7 7–5 7–2 7–1 | [11] |
1992 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–3 3–7 7–5 7–5 | [12] |
1994 | ![]() | ![]() | 4–7 7–5 7–3 7–0 | [13] |
1995 | ![]() | ![]() | 2–7 7–3 7–4 7–1 | [14] |
1997 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5 7–0 6–7 7–4 | [15] |
1998 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–0 0–7 7–6 3–7 7–2 | [16] |
1999 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7 6–7 7–5 7–3 7–2 | [17] |
2000 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–2 7–2 0–7 5–7 7–3 | [18] |
2001 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–4 6–8 2–1 | [19] |
2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 9–7 6–7 2–1 | [20] |
2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 9–10 13–4 2–1 | [21] |
2004 | ![]() | ![]() | 10–4 4–8 2–0 | [22] |
2005 | ![]() | ![]() | 8–12 10–5 2–0 | [23] |
2006 | ![]() | ![]() | 12–7 10–8 | [24] |
2007 | ![]() | ![]() | 15–5 5–6 2–1 | [25] |
2008 | ![]() | ![]() | 13–4 10–9 | [26] |
2009–2012 not held | ||||
2013 | ![]() | ![]() | 10–2 10–1 | [27] |
2014 | ![]() | ![]() | 9–8 15–3 | [28] |
2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 12–4 9–8 | [29] |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() | 11–9 10–6 | [30] |
2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 9–4 8–6 | [31] |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() | 11–9 5–9 2–1 | [32] |
not held since 2018 |
Sponsors and previous names
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not held since 2013 |
Sponsors and previous names
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not held since 2010 |
Bowler | World Indoor Bowls Championships | The International Open | Scottish International Open | Welsh International Open | World Match Play | Total wins |
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![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 9 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 8 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
![]() | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 5 |
![]() | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
![]() | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
The youngest player is Desmond Lai from Hong Kong, China, who at the age of 15 (January 2024) took part in the 2024 World Bowls Indoor Championships. [33]